Backend Engineering Intern, Wirecutter
The New York Times1 day ago
Responsibilities
- Improve CI/CD workflows that automate quality checks and code deployment.
- Investigate web application performance and contribute to latency-reduction efforts.
- Explore network requests and application or platform architecture to identify performance and reliability opportunities.
- Build, test, and document improvements in collaboration with engineers.
- Share tradeoffs, results, and ideas for follow-up work.
Requirements
- Experience working with CI/CD workflows, especially for automating quality checks and code deployment.
- Experience or project work focused on web application performance optimization or latency reduction.
- Foundation in software development and interest in applications, infrastructure, and networks.
- Thoughtful, curious approach to debugging and problem-solving, with willingness to collaborate and learn.
- Experience working with AI tools and agents such as Claude Code.
- Preferred: exposure to AWS or Kubernetes, experience with GitHub Actions, and familiarity with web application architecture, network requests, or performance measurement.
Benefits
- Hourly base pay is $40 USD.
- The posting does not specify a work arrangement or internship dates.
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About The New York Times
The New York Times produces and distributes journalism and related digital products for global audiences across web, apps, print, audio, and newsletters. Its business model centers on paid subscriptions and advertising, offering the core news report alongside podcasts, newsletters, NYT Games, NYT Cooking, and Wirecutter product reviews. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in New York City, The New York Times Company is a public company listed on the NYSE under the ticker NYT.